QUINCY – A new trail in South Quincy, the maintaining of a Weymouth pond and a mix of improvements in the Blue Hills Reservation are among the local projects left out of Gov. Deval Patrick’s $36.5 billion state budget.

Other South Shore spending vetoed by Patrick included public safety funding for Braintree, a renovation of Easton’s town center and reimbursing of Milton for disability payments made to injured Firefighter Antonio Pickens.

Patrick announced $16.1 million in vetoes Friday, saying the spending items removed from the budget were not necessary. Most of his vetoes were earmarks added to the budget by House or Senate members.

The vetoes accounted for less than 1 percent of the entire state budget, which Patrick signed into law Friday. Legislators can override the governor’s vetoes with a two-thirds vote.

It’s not uncommon for governors to reject earmarks that were not in their original budget recommendations but were later added by lawmakers looking to help their respective districts.

One of the local items vetoed Friday was a $240,000 grant for Quincy that would have been used to build a recreational loop around Faxon Park in South Quincy. The Quincy Parks Conservancy, a private nonprofit, has raised enough money to build part of the loop, but Mayor Thomas Koch said the state grant was going to pay for the rest.

“There’s a lot of work that needs to be done, and this was going to help us,” Koch said. “It’s not the end of the world. I’m hopeful perhaps the House can come through. If not, we’ll continue with our plans for Faxon Park.”

“We’ll see what else he vetoed and see what the reasons were,” Mariano said. “Then I’ll make a decision.”

In Weymouth, state Rep. James Murphy’s earmark directing $100,000 to the care and maintenance of Whitman’s Pond, a spawning ground for herring, was vetoed.

Mary Ellen Schloss, Weymouth’s conservation administrator, said she understands that there are a lot of budget priorities and the governor has tough decisions to make, but she said the health of Whitman’s Pond affects more than Weymouth.

“It’s not just a pork project for Weymouth,” Schloss said. “It’s important for Massachusetts and New England for the fishery system we all depend on.”

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